“The number of available seats from UK airports is up 4 per cent on February 2019 as airlines are using larger aircraft on their UK services,” the company said.
On the busiest day for departures, Friday 21 February, planes will take off from UK airports at an average rate of almost two per hour, according to Cirium.
Demand for escapes to the mountains is so intense that a morning flight from London Gatwick to Geneva on 15 February has only one outbound seat left at £588, while coming back early afternoon a week later there are two inbound spaces at £635.
Holidaymakers seeking to reach Gatwick and Luton airports on the Thameslink line through central London face cancelled and delayed trains for the rest of Friday, according to National Rail, due to a signalling fault.
Although the Avanti West Coast strike has been suspended during and after half-term, planned engineering work on the East Coast main line between York and Newcastle will make journeys longer and could involve rail-replacement buses.
